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Guests are allowed to speak for approximately 20 minutes, addressing their theses and providing listeners with background. The rest of the 90-minute taping is devoted to a moderated question and answer session. The recording is then edited down to 30 minutes and broadcast at a later date on at least 40 National Public Radio stations across the country...
According to the show’s writers, Ryan’s Harvard background and deep pockets will add an interesting dimension to the dynamics of “The West Wing...
...minute clothes and up-to-the-ceiling prices. In the café, waiters—all clad in designer clothing, ranging from Italian Lorenzini shirts to Paperdenim&cloth jeans to custom-made Puma sneakers—ensure that customers dine in an atmosphere that reeks of style. Even background music is customized—an in-house DJ blends low-tempo tunes to enhance patrons’ dining experience. “Jackie O used to come here. The café has the feel of American royalty,” says one of the veteran male servers...
...quintessential Parisian scene. To the left of the café entrance, two women chatted in French and sipped hot chocolate, as music from the movie Amelie played in the background. However, a second glance revealed more than a few incongruities, including the unavoidable fact that the site was L.A. Burdick’s on Brattle Street and Apollonia U. Poilane ’07 is far from her Paris home...
...research into the educational background of every Presidential candidate since 1788 suggests that degrees from brand name universities are becoming more, not less, important as college graduates grow more numerous. He links the dominance of Yale this year as part of a trend for political aspirants to attend more and better universities than ever before...